CANBERRA, Australia—The U. S. is vying to build an internet network in Papua New Guinea to prevent a Chinese telecom firm from doing so, a…
CANBERRA, Australia—The U. S. is vying to build an internet network in Papua New Guinea to prevent a Chinese telecom firm from doing so, a senior U. S. official said, signaling a widening effort to counter Beijing’s influence in a region Western allies have dominated since World War II.
The acting U. S. ambassador to Australia, James Carouso, said Friday that the U.